Pied de Pulse: Packing Embroidered Circles and Coil Actuators in Pied de Poule (Houndstooth)

Year: 2016 Authors: Loe Feijs; Marina Toeters

Core claim

Algorithmic circle packing and embroidery can be merged with conductive coils to produce a functional houndstooth garment that signals events to the wearer.

Topics

circle packing, smart garments, digital embroidery, houndstooth pattern, electronic actuators

Domains

Apollonian circles, fractal-like geometry, tessellation theory, algorithmic packing, travelling-salesman approximation, textile design, fashion technology, computational design

Methods

Processing algorithm, random circle generation, greedy path ordering, digital embroidery, electronic prototyping

Media

conductive yarn, enamel-coated copper wire, magnet coils, Tajima file format, Brother embroidery machine

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